Dr. Alex K. Manda
GRAHAM 301B
252 328 9403
http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/manda/
Education
B.Sc. Geology, University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 2001
M.S. Geology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 2004
Ph.D. Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 2009
Research Interests
Dr. Alex K. Manda is an associate professor of Water Resources in the Department of Geological Sciences and co-Director, ECU Natural Resources & Environment Research Cluster at East Carolina University. He has interests in coastal hydrology, borehole geophysics, groundwater modeling, citizen science, water resources management, and geoscience education. In the recent past, Dr. Manda’s research has focused on saltwater intrusion, groundwater management of coastal aquifers, impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on coastal water resources, nutrient transport in groundwater and public participation in scientific research.
Recent Publications (students bold)
Manda, A.K. A tale of two hydrogeology problems in Coastal North Carolina. In Culver, S.J., (Editor), 2021, Troubled Waters: Understanding the Science Behind our Coastal Crisis. Springer, 267 p.
Manda, A. K., Etheridge, J. R., Grace-McCaskey, C. A., Allen, T., & Howard, R. (2021). Are groundwater level data collected by citizen scientists trustworthy? A cautionary tale, Groundwater, 59(1), 123-130. doi: 10.1111/gwat.13019
- R. Etheridge, A. K. Manda, C. Grace-McCaskey, T. Allen & H. Hao (2020) Lessons learned from public participation in hydrologic engineering projects, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65:3, 325-334, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1700420
Grace-McCaskey C.A., Iatarola B., Manda A.K., Etheridge R.J., (2019) Eco-Ethnography and Citizen Science: Lessons from Within, Society & Natural Resources, https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1584343
Manda, A.K. and *Klein, W., (2019) Adaptation Strategies to Address Rising Water Tables in Coastal Environments Under Future Climate and Sea-Level Rise Scenarios, in Coastal Zone Management: Global perspectives, regional processes, Local issues Ramkumar, M, James, R.A, Menier, D., Kumaraswamy, K. (Eds), Elsevier, Cambridge, USA, p403-409.
*Klein, W., and Manda, A.K., (2019) Analytic Hierarchy Process to Weigh Groundwater Management Criteria in Coastal Regions, in Coastal Zone Management: Global perspectives, regional processes, Local issues Ramkumar, M, James, R.A, Menier, D., Kumaraswamy, K. (Eds), Elsevier, Cambridge, USA, p403-409.
Manda, A. K., Reyes, E., and *Pitt, J. (2018) In situ measurements of wind‐driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in a coastal wetland ecosystem. Hydrological Processes 32, 636-643.
*Alexander, A.C., Ndambuki, J., Salim, R., and Manda, A.K., (2017) Groundwater remediation optimization using Solving Constraint Integer Program (SCIP). Groundwater for Sustainable Development 7, 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2018.05.001.
*Alexander, A.C., Ndambuki, J., Salim, R., and Manda, A.K., (2017) Assessment of Spatial Variation of Groundwater Quality in a Mining Basin. Sustainability 9(5), 823; doi:10.3390/su9050823
*Iverson, G., Humphrey Jr, C.P., Postma, M.H., O’Driscoll, M.A., Manda, A.K., *Finley, A. (2017) Influence of Sewered Versus Septic Systems on Watershed Exports of E. coli. Water Air and Soil Pollution 228:237. DOI 10.1007/s11270-017-3426-1